![]() ![]() Fisher didn’t exactly reinvent the wheel, but he did possibly make it stiffer. Perhaps the main reason for the wider fork is to fit the new FCC hub with outboard J-bend spokes. ![]() The next improvement for better steering precision was a redesigned fork with legs that are further away from the center before bending back in at the dropouts. ![]() The wide lower headtube also allows for a larger downtube-headtube junction. Trek engineers believe that this improves frame stiffness front-to-back and front-end steering precision. The E2 headtube, as seen on the new Trek Madone, is a 1.5-inches at the bottom and 1-1/8-inches at the top. The Fisher Control Column (FCC) is the centerpiece of the new bikes. What they discovered was that they could stiffen the entire steering column with the E2 headtube, borrowed technology from Trek, and a redesigned fork and hub. Gary Fisher engineers developed an in-house test to isolate each component of the front end of the bike to determine which component was the weakest link. While fit and geometry are a key focus for Fisher, ride quality is a third element that the company aimed to improve. Fisher thanks his experience as a roadie for his obsession with the perfectly fitting mountain bike.įor a complete new road line, Fisher aimed to build bikes that stiffer and lighter plus a few extras that should improve the ride quality. His original goals were to make it as a professional road cyclist but those plans were derailed when he began his mountain bike business. He began racing on the road as a junior decades ago. Road bikes are nothing new to Gary Fisher. Fisher road bikes: A closer look at some cool carbon shaping on the top tube. ![]()
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